Books Like As Good As Dead

Loved As Good As Dead? Here are the closest LitRPG and progression-fantasy reads, ranked by trope and theme overlap. Each pick lists the elements it shares with As Good As Dead so you can pick by what you actually want next.

  1. A Saga of Tanya the Chansey cover
    by Unkillablemage

    A reincarnated war strategist stuck as a Chansey must outmaneuver a world that insists her healing powers are meant for battle.

  2. Flesh Eater [Demon Evolution LitRPG] cover
    by grisaille

    Pyre, a nameless demon of shifting flesh, devours titan corpses to survive—until their memories begin rewriting her fractured soul.

  3. Blood Sovereign cover
    #3

    Blood Sovereign

    match 60%
    by C.Peinhopf

    A cursed saint-vampire awakens a divine power that could either save the world or drown it in blood.

  4. Death, Loot & Vampires cover
    #4

    Death, Loot & Vampires

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    by BenjaminKerei

    A reluctant vampire fights to hold onto his humanity while leveling up in a nightmare realm to save his family from the horrors within.

  5. Melia the Magnificent cover
    #5

    Melia the Magnificent

    match 60%
    by Dee Elle

    Melia wakes as the legendary dragon she once roleplayed, only to find her new **[Destroyer of Worlds]** class at odds with her love of naps and oversized snacks.

  6. Duskbound: a Monster Hunter LitRPG cover
    by EmergencyComplaints

    Velik wields the [Black Fang] class to hunt monsters in the dark, but this year’s horde hides a truth even he fears.

  7. Chrysalis cover
    #7

    Chrysalis

    match 57%
    by RinoZ

    A human reborn as a monstrous ant larva must evolve and mutate to survive the deadly hierarchy of a dungeon teeming with predators.

  8. Hyena Werks cover
    #8

    Hyena Werks

    match 57%
    by DangerDesperado

    A gnoll artificer armed with stolen memories and a spell-powered Gatling gun fights oblivion in a world where the gods have given up.

  9. A Dearth of Choice (Dungeon Core) cover
    by Grim Tide

    A dungeon core desperate to help a village keeps spawning undead and death mana instead of gardens and healing.

  10. Goblin Teeth: A Monster Party LitRPG cover
    by JimQuill

    A goblin with the power to bend wills gathers a band of monstrous outcasts to carve their own fate in a world that wants them dead.

  11. Book Of The Dead cover
    #11

    Book Of The Dead

    match 55%
    by RinoZ

    Tyron must master the forbidden Book of the Dead before its whispers consume him or the world destroys him for wielding it.

  12. Vainqueur the Dragon cover
    #12

    Vainqueur the Dragon

    match 55%
    by Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)

    A vain, treasure-obsessed dragon exploits a new LitRPG system to amass wealth, turning monster-slaying quests into his personal hoard-building scheme.

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